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Sufism is all morals, so whoever surpasses you in morals increases you in Sufism - by Sheikh Abd al-Qadir Issa

A book of facts about Sufism by His Eminence Sheikh Abdul Qadir Issa, may God have mercy on him

- Defines Sufism in its correct and clear concept derived from the Book, the Sunnah, and the sayings of the prominent imams.

- Explains the legitimate practical ways that the men of Sufism took to reach the station of charity.

- It reviews the stations and ranks that the walkers pass in order to have the honorable prophetic character.

- Shows the ripe fruits reaped by the investigators of Sufism.

- He corrects what has arisen in the minds of Sufism from the nonsense and falsehoods that the Orientalists have intrigued, and the ill-wishers have slandered.

- It purifies Sufism from what has been attached to it of aberration and deviation by the pretenders of Sufism and the intruders to it.

- Examines the suspicions that have been raised about Sufism in the light of the glue Sharia.

- He transmits excerpts from the sayings of the scholars of the Islamic nation, from its predecessor to its successor, about Sufism and its men.

Table of contents of the book:

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the topic

A brief overview of the author's life

Introduction to the book

[Chapter One: Defining Sufism]

The derivation of Sufism

The birth of Sufism

The importance of Sufism

[Chapter Two: The Practical Approach to Sufism]

The importance of companionship, its usefulness and its effects

Evidence of the importance of companionship from the Book and the Sunnah

Sayings of jurists and hadith scholars on the importance of companionship and its etiquette

The sayings of those who know God from the men of Sufism in the usefulness of companionship and its etiquette

Searching for the Mohammedan inheritor

Take the covenant

Permission transfer

Literature of the aspirant with his Sheikh and his brothers

Science

Struggle and self-recommendation

Dhikr (includes its benefits, meanings, evidence, aloud, secret, movement in it, the individual and the group)

Ruling on kissing the hand and the ruling on standing up for scholars, righteous people and parents

Studying - and the difference between studying and confessing for Christians - the difference between studying and admitting sin

Solitude (definition, legitimacy, evidence, and scholars' sayings)

[Chapter Three: The Path to God]

repentance

Accounting

the fear

Please

honesty

devotion

patience

pious

asceticism

the satisfaction

Tawakkul

Thanks

[Chapter Four: From the Fruits of Sufism] - Divine Love

Discovery: What came from the Messenger of God and what was mentioned in the Qur’an and among the Companions

Inspiration: which is from God and the inspiration is from the angels

Dignities of the saints: their proof and evidence, and the position of the Companions and the Sufis towards them

[Chapter Five: Correcting Ideas About Sufism] Between Truth and Sharia

Trampling on Islamic sciences

Interpretation of the words of the Sufi masters

Unity of existence, solutions and union

Between Sufism and the pretenders of Sufism

enemies of Sufism

Testimonies of scholars of the Islamic nation from its predecessor to its successor of Sufism and its men

Our Sheikh Muhammad Al-Hashemi, may God Almighty have mercy on him

leave

vacation photo

The support of the Shadhili method

conclusion

Book sources and references